

Dean W. Harvey
- Dallas
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Dean advises clients on technology-related commercial transactions, product counseling, and data privacy and security.
Dean W. Harvey helps clients acquire and develop intellectual property (IP), technology, software, and other technology-related services. Dean has counseled Fortune 100 clients, mid-tier clients, and start-ups on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), product compliance, privacy and security, and large software development projects. He also works with AI companies in negotiations with their clients, software as a service (SaaS) providers in establishing and operating their platforms, and technology companies in various data and technology licensing transactions.
Dean’s more than a decade of software industry experience began with AI work and expert systems creation for EDS Research and Development. He later developed communications device drivers and operating systems for IBM and CalComp. Dean has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA for 15 years.
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1997
- West Virginia University, B.S., Computer Science, summa cum laude, 1986
Bar and Court Admissions
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Texas
Professional Recognition
Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
Named one of D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2014, 2016-2024
Named Best Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year" for Information Technology Law, 2024
The Best Lawyers in America, Cyber Law, 2005; Information Technology Law and Technology Law, 2005-2025; Privacy and Data Security Law, 2021-2025
Listed in Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers, 2024-2025
Recognized by Chambers USA: "America's Leading Lawyers" for Technology: Outsourcing, 2003-2024; Technology: Corporate and Commercial, 2023-2024
Listed in Texas Monthly as a "Texas Super Lawyer," 2015-2020
Named an Acritas Star by Acritas, 2018
Listed in The Best Lawyers in Dallas for Digital Information Law, D Magazine, 2014
Named a "2012 BTI Client Service All-Star" by BTI Consulting Group
Recognized by US Legal 500 as one of the leading technology outsourcing lawyers in the United States, 2013 "Top Lawyer," IP Law & Business, 2006
Lawdragon 500, 2006; Lawdragon 3000, "Leading Lawyer in America," 2006
"Texas Rising Star," Texas Monthly, 2004-2006
Impact
Professional Leadership
- iTechLaw.org, Board of Directors
- West Virginia University, Advisory Committee for the Statler College of Engineering